Average number of days during the past 30 days when an adult's physical health or mental health was not good
Measure Overview
A variety of factors and circumstances can adversely affect an individual’s mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing on a day-to-day basis, such as lack of sleep, a stressful work environment, or poor diet. The number of days that an individual does not have good health–or “unhealthy days”–on a regular basis is one way to measure quality of life and can serve as a starting point for examining underlying health-related issues. Tracking unhealthy days across states and demographic groups is an essential component in identifying health disparities and formulating strategies to address these disparities and achieve equity.
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Measuring State-level Disparities in Unhealthy Days
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